Figurative Languague

Figurative Language The structure of Dante’s Inferno is terza rima poetic pattern that has the scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, etc. The number 3 also plays a big part in the Inferno. There are 33 cantos, a 3 line structure, and there are 3 beasts he comes across. Also, the book is based on the Christian religion which includes the Trinity which is composed of three people; God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

Circle 6: “Ah, so may your soul sometime have rest…” (p. 99, line 94) PERSONIFICATION 2. “…along a track that plunged down like a scar into a sink…” (p. 100, line 136) SIMILE 3. “In this dark corner of the morgue of wrath lie Epicurus and his followers…” (p. 96, lines 13-14) ENJAMBMENT 1.

Circle 7.1: “…this rock had not yet felt the ruinous blast…” (p. 112, line 36) PERSONIFICATION 2. “A file of Centaurs galloped in the space between the bank and the cliff…” (p. 112, lines 5556) ENJAMBMENT 3. “From singing Alleluia the sublime spirit…” (p. 113, line 89) ALLITERATION 1.